Las Vegas, Nevada- Hohmann, Schmidt, Williams, Parica, Morris, Saez, Hopkins. All gone. After the smoke cleared on Day 2, survivors left are Lee Chenman(who had a great run today defeating Hohmann and Saez back to back matches), Troy Frank, Crosby, Orcullo, and Deuel (eliminating Filipinos Lapena and Montal back to back ). These players live to fight another day tomorrow.
On the winner's side, teenagers John Morra and Austin Murphy are inspiring the youth of USA pool with their undefeated runs so far. Morra upsetted veteran Mika Immonen 11-8 while 13 year old Murphy schooled the older Walter Glass 11-4. Pagulayan won over Hemmah, Bustamante won 11-7 over Robles, Moore won a close 11-9 over Jones in a near 3 hour match battle, and Van Boening continues his dominance with 11-7 victory over fellow South Dakota native Lee Heuwagen.
Marquee match ups tomorrow will include Jeremy Jones versus Marlon Manalo and John Morra versus his Canadian Filipino hero Alex Pagulayan.
File photo courtesy of Bruce Clayton
